Fly swatter



May 29, 1923. I 1,45 ,753

A. K. ANCKER ET AL FLY SWATTER Filed April 18.. 1922 3 Hum H01 Alfred A. Abe/sex: Roeri i /ioz 'ioza.

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FLY SWATTER.

Application filed April 18, 1922. Serial No. 554,850.

To-aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that we, ALFRED K. ANOKER and ROBERT F. MORTON, citizens of the United States, residing at the city and county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fly Swatters; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ,appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference ,marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in fly swatters, and has special reference to the handle thereof. I

The ordinary house fly is a universal nuisance and one of mans most deadly foes and many different means have been devised for use in the extermination of this pest.

Among the most popular weapons used in the killing of flies the ordinary swatter occupies a place in the front rank. The

ordinary fl swatter has many specific em-.

bodiments ut one wellknown form'consists of a piece of wire cloth whose ed es are covered by a strip of cloth and WhlCh is rovided with a handle.

t is well known that flies when attacked by a swatter'will seek a refuge on the wall near the ceiling or on the ceiling itself where they are out of reach.

It is the object of this invention to provide the ordinary swatter with an extensible handle by means of which the fiy can be reached and killed in places where it would be safe from the ordinary short handled swatter. In order to more clearly describe our invention we shall have reference to the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 shows a top plan view of our swatter in semiextended position and Fig. 2 shows the same with the handle full extended.

umeral 1 represents the woven wire swatter which has its edges enclosed in the folds of a cloth ribbon 2 while 3 represents the handle as awhole. The handle 3 consists of a piece of wire which is bent intermediate its ends to form a. triangular portion 4 which engages the end of t e ewatter which is held in .place thereon by means of the corners 5 which are folded over as shown and held in place by staples 6. The wire forming the triangular portion 4 is twisted together at 7 and then bent outwardly as indicated by numeral 8. The wires 9 are then extended substantially parallel for a distance of 15 inches or more and are Vidcd at their ends with eyelets 10 w ich engage the sides 11 of the other part of the handle. The two sides 11 are twisted together at a point 12 near their ends which.

are then bent outwardly as indicated at 13 and are provided with eyelets 14 which engage thewires 9' in the manner shown. It is evident that the structure described and illustrated can be extended in the manner shown in Fig. 2 or collapsed as shown in Fig. 1. -In order to provide suflicient friction between the two and also to be frictionally held against relative movement whenin extended or partially extended position eyelets 14 are spaced further apart than eyelets 10. When the handle is in the position shown in Fig. 2 the two parts are held against movement b a forcewhich is due to the fact that the istance between eyelets 14 is greater than the normal distance between sides 11: this imparts to the eyelets 10 a tendency to move apart, which tendency is resisted by sides 11 causing the two parts of the handle to be held against relative movement by a considerable force due to the friction developed between eyelets l0 and 1,4 and the sides 11 and 9.

Having now described our invention, what We claim as new 1s:

1. A handle adapted to be used with a fly swatterconsisting of a wire bent intermediate its ends and formed into a closed loop adapted to co-operate with a flexible swatter element, the ends extending from said loop portionin spaced substantiall parallel relation and provided with eye ets which are adapted to engage the sides of a second elongated U-shaped handle member, the sides of which are twisted together near the ends thereof, the ends being rovided with eyelets engaging the sides 0 member.

2. A handle adapted to be used with ar-fly 'swatter consisting of a-wire bent intermed1-.

ate its ends and formed into a. cloloop the first mentioned adapted to cooperate with a flexible swat? thereof, the ends being provided with eyelets ter element the ends extending from said engaging the sides of the first mentwned loop portion in outwardly curved relation member and provided with eyelets which are adapted In testllnony W 5 to engage the sidesof av second elongated inf U-shaped handle member, the sidesof ALFRED K. ANCKER. which are twisted together near the ends ROBERT F. MORTON.

10 hereof we affix our signa- 

